Students at Columbia ES are assessed in many areas throughout the year. Parents will receive a notification letter about the testing their child will have as well as the results of each test.

Some of the Virginia and Fairfax County  assessments that our students take are:

• iReady Universal Screener for math and reading for 1st-5th grade
• Grades 3-5 Standards of Learning (SOL) tests and eCART tests 
• Kindergarten Math Reasoning Assessments
• Grades 1-2 Math Reasoning Assessments
• Grades K-5 Developmental Reading Assessment, 2nd Edition
• WIDA for ESOL students
• Naglieri for grade 1 students 
• CogAT for grade 2 students